JKL HC: Proceeding U/S 12 DV Act Not Bar to Criminal Action Under Section 498A IPC - 24.02.2023

Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has held that merely because proceedings have been initiated by a wife against her husband under Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (DV Act), no bar can be construed against lodging FIR for cruelty under Section 498A of IPC.

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